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- From: Weather-Buffs Company
- To: All Weather-Buffs
- Date: 26 July 1987
- Topic: GOESLOOP.ARC
-
- Included in the associated ARC file are the following:
-
- 1.) GOES 1 through 6: These are six lo-res, non-fullvideo GOES Satellite Cloud
- Pictures focused on the lower Great Lakes states. Each picture was taken at an
- hourly interval, six hours apart and modified at Accu-Weather, Inc.
- headquarters. Once downloaded using Digi-Weather, a terminal program produced
- by Weather-Buffs Company, they were modified in DeluxePaint 2 for such focusing
- effects.
-
- 2.) LMV2: This stands for Long Movie 2. LMV2 is a public domain page flipper
- that was produced by Mr. Williams in Palo Alto, California. It can be obtained
- from Fred Fish Disk #73.
-
- 3.) ExecuteMe: This is a small batch file that upon execution, will
- automatically look for the GOES 1-6 series of satellite pictures in the CURRENT
- DIRECTORY (it must be here, and it is recommended that it be done in FAST RAM:
- if at all possible). When LMV2 asks the user for requested inputs, here are the
- recommended parameters for viewing the satellite cloud pictures in motion:
-
- Long Movie 2 Request: Your Response:
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-
- Number of Disks: 1
- Alternate Forward/Backward 1
- Loop Speed 5000
- Number of Loops 30 (Add more if you want to see more!)
- Fade to Black 0
- Fade to White 0
- Cycle Colors 0 (DO NOT CYCLE!)
-
- The reason why I have uploaded this to the boards is that it demonstrates just
- how easily the Amiga can be used for television weather graphics! In the near
- future, The Weather Connection (TM) will allow a meteorologist to loop
- satellite pictures in hi-res fullvideo interlace! Have fun looping!
-
- For more information, please refer to my article in the July Issue (#7) of
- Amazing Computing, or write to me at:
-
- Brendan Larson, Meteorologist
- Weather-Buffs Company
- P.O. Box 25
- Lemont, Illinois 60439-0025
-
- If you plan on attending The Commodore Show (Los Angeles) in October of 1987,
- I will be speaking on the topic of Amigas and Weather Forecasting and will be
- happy to answer any questions you may have!
-